Growth Metrics

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) has disclosed Return on Equity for 15 consecutive years, with 0.08% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Equity changed 0.0% to 0.08% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.08%, a 0.0% change, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.0%, down 26.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Equity was 0.08% for Q4 2025 at LyondellBasell Industries, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.38% in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.36% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.04% and a median of 0.01% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Equity.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: tumbled -36bps in 2024, then soared 44bps in 2025.
  • LyondellBasell Industries' Return on Equity stood at 0.0% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 3001bps to 0.06% in 2022, then dropped by -2bps to 0.06% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 39bps to 0.08% in 2024, then decreased by -2bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LYB's Return on Equity are 0.08% (Q4 2025), 0.06% (Q3 2025), and 0.15% (Q2 2025).